Woodcut Prints and Multiples

Rider Taming a Horse is an original print realized by Chinese manufacture in the early/mid 20th century. Black and white xylograph. Good conditions except for some foxings. Includ...

Arrival in the Empyrean -  "The Divine Comedy" - Song 30 -  Paradise is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante A...

On the Edge of the Seventh Circle - Song 4 - from the Series "The Divine Comedy" - Hell is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divin...

Ex Libris - Verzameling G.M. van Wees is an Artwork realized in Mid 20th Century.                                                           Etching print on ivory paper. The work i...

Ex-Libris  - J. Mercier is an Artwork realized in 1957, by the artist Jocelyn Mercier.  Woodcut print on paper. Signed on plate on back, numbered ex. 25.  The work is glued on card...

The Virgin and the Child is a Woodcut print on cream-colored paper realized after Albrecht Durer, a reproduction of the early 20th Century fro...

Lon Megargee 1883-1960 "The War Bonnet" Wood block print Signed: original pencil signature, lower right Image size: 11 x 11 inches Frame size 22 x 22 inches Creator of Stetson's hat logo "Last Drop from his Hat" Lon Megargee 1883 - 1960 At age 13, Lon Megargee came to Phoenix in 1896 following the death of his father in Philadelphia. For several years he resided with relatives while working at an uncle’s dairy farm and at odd jobs. He returned to Philadelphia in 1898 – 1899 in order to attend drawing classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Back in Phoenix in 1899, he decided at the age of 16 to try to make his living as a cowboy. Lon moved to the cow country of Wickenburg, Arizona where he was hired by Tex Singleton’s Bull Ranch. He later joined the Three Bar R. . . and after a few years, was offered a job by Billy Cook of the T.T. Ranch near New River. By 1906, Megargee had learned his trade well enough to be made foreman of Cook’s outfit. Never shy about taking risks, Lon soon left Cook to try his own hand at ranching. He partnered with a cowpuncher buddy, Tom Cavness, to start the El Rancho Cinco Uno at New River. Unfortunately, the young partners could not foresee a three-year drought that would parch Arizona, costing them their stock and then their hard-earned ranch. Breaking with his romantic vision of cowboy life, Megargee finally turned to art full time. He again enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of Art and then the Los Angeles School of Art and Design during 1909 – 1910. The now well-trained student took his first trip to paint “en plein air” (outdoors) to the land of Hopi and Navajo peoples in northern Arizona. After entering paintings from this trip in the annual Territorial Fair at Phoenix, in 1911, he surprisingly sold his first oil painting to a major enterprise – the Santa Fe Railroad . . . Lon received $50 for “Navajos Watching the Santa Fe Train.” He soon sold the SFRR ten paintings over the next two years. For forty years the railroad was his most important client, purchasing its last painting from him in 1953. In a major stroke of good fortune during his early plein-air period, Megargee had the opportunity to paint with premier artist, William R. Leigh (1866 – 1955). Leigh furnished needed tutoring and counseling, and his bright, impressionistic palette served to enhance the junior artist’s sense of color and paint application. In a remarkable display of unabashed confidence and personable salesmanship, Lon Megargee, at age 30, forever linked his name with Arizona art history. Despite the possibility of competition from better known and more senior artists, he persuaded Governor George Hunt and the Legislature in 1913 to approve 15 large, historic and iconic murals for the State Capitol Building in Phoenix. After completing the murals in 1914, he was paid the then princely sum of roughly $4000. His Arizona statehood commission would launch Lon to considerable prominence at a very early point in his art career. Following a few years of art schooling in Los Angeles, and several stints as an art director with movie studios, including Paramount, Megargee turned in part to cover illustrations for popular Western story magazines in the 1920s. In the 1920s, as well, Lon began making black and white prints of Western types and of genre scenes from woodblocks. These prints he generally signed and sold singly. In 1933, he published a limited edition, signed and hard-cover book (about 250 copies and today rare)containing a group of 28 woodblock images. Titled “The Cowboy Builds a Loop,” the prints are noteworthy for strong design, excellent draftsmanship, humanistic and narrative content, and quality. Subjects include Southwest Indians and cowboys, Hispanic men and women, cattle, horses, burros, pioneers, trappers, sheepherders, horse traders, squaw men and ranch polo players. Megargee had a very advanced design sense for simplicity and boldness which he demonstrated in how he used line and form. His strengths included outstanding gestural (action) art and strong figurative work. He was superb in design, originality and drawing, as a study of his prints in the Hays collection reveals. In 1944, he published a second group of Western prints under the same title as the first. Reduced to 16 images from the original 28 subjects, and slightly smaller, Lon produced these prints in brown ink on a heavy, cream-colored stock. He designed a sturdy cardboard folio to hold each set. For the remainder of his life, Lon had success selling these portfolios to museum stores, art fairs and shows, and to the few galleries then selling Western art. Drawing on real working and life experiences, Lon Megargee had a comprehensive knowledge, understanding and sensitivity for Southwestern subject matter. Noted American modernist, Lew...

Ex-Libris  - Armand Paul is an Artwork realized in 1909, by the artist Leslie Victor Smith.  Woodcut colored print on ivory paper.  Signed on plate and dated on the lower right marg...

Ex-Libris - Luigi Servolini is an Artwork realized in 1930 by the Italian Artist Luigi Servolini (Livorno, 10 marzo 1906 – Livorno, 21 settembre 1981) Woodcut colored print on ivory...

Christ is a woodcut print realized by Augusto Monari in the Early-20th Century. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes in...

The Superbs - from the Series "The Divine Comedy" Song 11- Purgatory is a woodcut print realized by S. Dalì in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Com...

This artwork titled " Retour de la Jungle, Tondano: Celebes" (Return from the Jungle, Tondano: Celebes) 1948 is an original color woodcut by French artist Paul Jacoulet, 1896-1960. I...

"Man With Horses" is a signed relief print in red and black on rag paper. It is signed lower right and from an edition of 120. 28 1/4" x 18 3/8" image...

Shirasuga, Shiomi -zaka zu (View of Shima Slope) is a superb polychrome woodblock print (nishiki-e, ink and colour on paper) by Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858). This is the p...

Ibis is a modern artwork realized in 1870 by the British artist Alexander Francis Lydon (1836-1917). Woodcut print on ivory-colored paper. Hand-colored, published by London, Bell &...

This tri-tone woodcut depicts children gathered around a menorah for Hannukah, the Jewish Festival of Lights. As it appears that all of the candles are lit, it is likely that this ei...

Hooded Crow is a modern artwork realized in 1870 by the British artist Alexander Francis Lydon (1836-1917) . Woodcut print, hand colored, published by L...

Ascent to Venus -  "The Divine Comedy" - Song 8 -  Paradise is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri....

The Song of the Wise Spirits -  "The Divine Comedy" - Song 3 -  Paradise is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dan...

The Death is a woodcut print realized by Conrad FelixMuller (1897-1977) in the 1960s. Autographed note by the artist in the right margin. 36x42 cm with frame. Good conditions.

Saint Peter to Dante -  "The Divine Comedy" - Song 27 -  Paradise is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alig...

In the Sky of Mercury -  "The Divine Comedy" - Song 5 -  Paradise is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alig...

Piccarda Donati from the Series "The Divine Comedy" is a woodcut print realized in 1963. Good conditions. Not signed, as issued. Plate n.3 (as reported on the back of the artwork) ...

Celebratory Parade is an original Woodcut print realized in mid 19th century after Utagawa Kunisada. Good condition and Beautiful colored woodblock print. This wonderful modern a...

Shadowing Death is a woodcut print on paper realized by French artist in 1900s G. Berger. Signed on the plate on the lower right. The state of preservation is very good. The artwork represents the dark scenery of skulls and dead in a dark stormy...

LUDWIK MACIĄG (b. 1920- d.2007) Studied at the Faculty of Painting at the Academies of Fine Arts in Cracow and Warsaw. He graduated in 1951. He was a professor and a dean of the Facu...

Ex Libris - Piet Van Veen is a Modern Artwork realized in Mid 20th Century B/W woodcut on ivory paper. The work is glued on cardboard. Total dimension...

Ex Libris - Joseph Plana Dorca is a Modern Artwork realized in 1904, by the Spanish Author Joseph Plana Dorca. Ex Libris. B/W woodcut on ivory paper. The work is glued on card...

The Living Kite is an original Woodcut print realized in the late 19th century after Utagawa Kunisada. Good condition except for some damaged paper on the edge and Beautiful colore...

This artwork "Two Horsemen" c.1960 is an original woodcut by noted Japanese artist, Tomikichiro Tokuriki, 1902-1999. It is hand signed and numbered 38/100 in pencil by the artist. The image (Block mark) size is 15.25 x 20.5 inches, sheet size is 16.5 x 21.15 inches. It is in very good condition, hanging tape remaining on the back. About the artist: Print artist. Tokuriki was born in Kyoto, where he has always worked. The last of a long line of traditional-style painters, he turned early to woodblock prints and became a leader of the Kyoto 'Sosaku Hanga'. He graduated from the Kyoto City School of Fine Arts and Crafts and then from the Kyoto City Specialist School of Painting in 1924. In 1928 he studied 'Nihonga' painting under Tsuchida Bakusen (1887-1936) and Yamamoto Shunkyo (1871-1933) and exhibited with Kokuga Sosaku Kyokai, but about the same time in 1929 he changed to woodblock printing under the influence of Hiratsuka Un'ichi and began to contribute to the early print magazine 'Han'. He was a member of Nihon Hanga Kyokai from 1932, and active in promoting 'Sosaku Hanga' in Kyoto. He was a co-founder of the Kyoto magazine 'Taishu hanga' in 1932, which helped create the sense of a local school of the Creative Print Movement much encouraged by Hiratsuka. He produced many sets of prints before and during the Pacific War based on traditional subjects, such as 'Shin Kyoto fukei' ('New View of Kyoto', 1933-4), which also included designs by Asada Benji (q.v.) and Asano Takeji (b.1900), and 'Tokyo hakkei' ('Eight Views of Tokyo', 1942). Most of these were published by Uchida of Kyoto, but after the war Tokuriki set up his own publishing company called Matsukyu, which also began to teach block-carving to artisans and artists, in later years many of them foreigners. In 1948 he also set up a sub-company called Koryokusha consisting of artists who would produce their prints under the financial umbrella of Matsukyu. Later sets include 'Hanga Kyoto hyakkei' ('One Hundred Print Views of Kyoto', 1975). Tokuriki has continued to be active in teaching and writing, producing a long series of articles on print techniques in 'Hanga geijutsu' magazine during the 1970s. Bibliography Smith, Lawrence, 'Modern Japanese Prints 1912-1989: Woodblocks and Stencils', BMP, London, 1994, p. 36 and no. 50.Statler, Oliver, 'Modern Japanese Prints: An Art Reborn', Turtle, Rutland, Vermont, and Tokyo, 1956, pp. 118-22.Tokuriki, Tomikichiro (trans. Arimatsu, Teruko), 'Woodblock Printing', Arimatsu Color Book Series no. 14, 8th English edn, Hoikusha, Osaka, 1977.Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, 'Kindai Nihon no mokuhanga-ten', exh. cat., 1990.Merritt, Helen, 'Modern Japanese Woodblock...

Golden-Eye is a modern artwork realized in 1870 by the British artist Alexander Francis Lydon (1836-1917) . Woodcut print, hand colored, published by London, Bell & Sons, 1870. Na...

woodcut with unique drawing, acrylic, graphite and collage on paper sheet 21 x 54 inches/53.3 x 137.2 cm

woodcut with unique drawing, acrylic, graphite and collage on paper sheet 16 x 58 inches/40.6 x 147.3 cm

Farinata - Hell Plate 10 is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri.  Not signed, as issued.  Good co...

Libro de Miguel Angel Dieguez is a Modern Artwork realized in 1903, by the Spanish Artist Joaquín Diéguez y Díaz. Coloured woodcut on paper. Hand signed on the back The work is g...

The Dust of Souls - The Divine Comedy is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Not signed, as issu...

The Lavishness -  "The Divine Comedy" - Song 21 -  Purgatory is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri...

The Heyday -  "The Divine Comedy" - Song 22 -  Purgatory is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Pl...

An original woodblock print by artist Mizin Shin. This piece is framed in a simple black wood frame presentation. Each print is signed and dated on the verso. Shin has used these ...

The Slothful -  "The Divine Comedy" - Song 18 -  Purgatory is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. ...

The Guardians - from the Series "The Divine Comedy" -  Song 8 -  Purgatory  is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by ...

The Souls - The Divine Comedy is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Not signed, as issued. Pl...

Church and Empire - The Divine Comedy is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Not signed, as issu...

Steel Workers, 1946. By Antonio Frasconi, 1990. "Steel Workers, 1946" is a woodcut and offset lithograph created by Antonio Frasconi in 1990. This p...

Illustration for Jules de la Medelen's "Lord on the Sand Castle" ("Le Marquis Des Saffras") FRANCISZEK BUNSCH (born in 1926) Franciszek Bunsch was born in Bielsko in 1926. He studie...

Ex Libris Giorgio Balbi is an artwork realized by Italo Zetti, in 1946.   Woodcut, 11 x 8 cm; It includes passepartout 24 x 30 cm. Hand signed bottom right. Good condition.

The Souls of  Contumacy -  from the Series "The Divine Comedy"-  Song 3 -  Purgatory is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Co...

Soldier's Women is an original artwork realized by Mino Maccari in 1960s. Mixed colored xylograph. Hand-signed by the artist on the lower margin. Numbered on the lower left margin....

Blossom Time in Tokyo Color woodcut, 1914 Signed by the artist in pencil on the image (see photo) Signed in the block with the artist red stamp and her initials (see photo) Condition...

The Siren of the Dream -  "The Divine Comedy" - Song 19 -  Purgatory  is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante ...

Ex Libris Camilla Friberg is an original Contemporary Artwork realized in the Second half of the 20th Century. Original woodcut print on ivory-colored paper. The work is glued o...

Ex Libris is a woodcut print by Michel Fingesten, realized in 1936. Hand signed, included a white cardboard passpartout (24x30 cm). In excellent conditions: As good as new. Michel Fingesten (1884 - 1943) was a Czech painter and engraver of Jewish origin. He is considered one of the greatest Ex Libris artists in history. From an Austrian weaver father and a Jewish mother...

Ex Libris For Giorgio balbi, realized by Alberto Helios Gagliardo in the Mid-20th Century. It includes passepartout, 30 x 24 cm. Hand signed on the lower margin Good condition.

The Deep Rest is an original lithograph on paper, realized in the late 19 century by Osvaldo Tofani. Signed in the plate on the lower margin. In good conditions, with diffused foxi...

Ex Libris For Giorgio balbi, realized by an Artist in the mid-20th Century. It includes passepartout, 30 x 24 cm. Hand signed on the lower margin. Good conditions.

Ex Libris For Giorgio Balbi, realized by Italo Zetti, 1948.  It includes passepartout, 30 x 24 cm. Woodcut, sheet 10,5 x 7 cm. Signed on plate bottom right.  Good conditions.

Ex Libris J. De Belder is an Artwork realized in 1977, by the Czech author Josef Liesler (1912-2005). Color Lithograph print on paper. Hand Signed and...

Delicate woodcut print on handmade paper of a stylized figure and hieroglyphic-like symbols by Monterey Bay artist Paula Walzer (British,/American 1926-20...